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The most important lessons we learned this year

eSchool News

One of the biggest challenges we face, as educators, is learning how to put our health and happiness first. Inspired by the house system in the Harry Potter books and the Ron Clark model , we held monthly house meetings that focused on one of the 7 Mindsets. My students come into school every day bright-eyed, eager, and ready to learn.

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How edtech supports the success of the Nordic Education

Neo LMS

Of particular interest, I thought, was Finland’s focus on early childhood learning — what they call ECEC (Early Childhood Education and Care). Student involvement and game-based learning. The reason for this popularity is the principle that ECEC adheres to: learning through play. The Finnish example.

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How to start the school year on a happy note

eSchool News

Our school motto is “Go be awesome,” so we end every faculty meeting with a group chant: “One, two, three—go be awesome!” We intentionally connect them to Curriculum Leadership, Grade-Level Leadership, and Positive Learning Environment (PLE) Leadership teams. Is it a little bit silly? Does it help us connect and teach better?

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10 ways we made our school happier

eSchool News

As educators, one of the biggest challenges we face is learning how to put our health and happiness first. Inspired by the house system in the Harry Potter books and the Ron Clark model, we held house meetings once a month that focused on one of the 7 Mindsets. We started by asking what it means to be happy in the classroom.

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#1: 10 ways we made our school happier

eSchool News

As educators, one of the biggest challenges we face is learning how to put our health and happiness first. Inspired by the house system in the Harry Potter books and the Ron Clark model, we held house meetings once a month that focused on one of the 7 Mindsets. We started by asking what it means to be happy in the classroom.

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The Melbourne set

Learning with 'e's

Many have remarked on this, but it's true - when you eventually meet face to face the people you have been conversing with for years on Twitter, you feel you actually know them. You don't of course, but you can bypass a lot of the awkward social manoeuvring you often experience when you meet someone for the first time.

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Week of February 14, 2011 - Live, Interactive, and Free Webinars in Elluminate

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Below are this week''s public, free, and interactive Webinars through LearnCentral.org , the social learning network for education that I work on for Elluminate. link] SERVICE-LEARNING ( Host Your Own Webinar Series ) Tue 15 Feb 04:30AM New York / Tue 15 Feb 09:30AM GMT / Tue 15 Feb 08:30PM Sydney Keith Wilson.

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